Why the study?
The study was designed to evaluate the accuracy of the quick Sequential Organ Failure Assessment tool to predict mortality across increasing levels of comorbidity burden.
The predictive accuracy of the qSOFA score for hospital mortality in patients with suspected infection decreases significantly as the patient's comorbidity burden increases.
qSOFA mortality discrimination weakens with greater comorbidity burden; leaves open its reliability in high-comorbidity patients and calls for refined tools.
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